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Hair keratinization in health and disease.
Dermatologic clinics - 1 Oct 1996
Jones L N, Steinert P M
Abstract excerpt
The cells of the epidermis and its derivative, the hair follicle, undergo processes of terminal differentiation that involves the synthesis and assembly of classes of protein and enzymes to form the stratum corneum of the epidermis, and the hair fiber and its cuticle. Using genetic linkage and DNA sequencing methods, we now know that mutations in several genes encoding epidermal keratins or a transglutaminase...
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